Hi fellow steamers, well, I have some updates on my feedwater system woes, and thanks to all for prior replies. 1) The feedwater check valve at the inlet to...
Hi Doug, Ball check valves are certainly very common in the model engineering sizes, but do sometimes give trouble. The trick is getting a good seat. There are...
Hi, My name is Jim, I have ridden MQ DQ and AQ a number of times, and indeed am a steamboat junky. I am a retired history teacher living in Southern ...
Hi Jim: I am not the moderator, but welcome to the group. For myself I build sail and rowing boats and also build steam engines and/or live steam locomotives...
Hi my wife believes that I should polish up the handles on the big sight glass (apologies to HMS Pinafore fans) Is there any recomended magic potions for brass...
Hi Mark, Don't believe there is any magic trick, just use brasso and lots of it. The trouble with boiler fittings is they don't stay shiny for very long, the...
Hi Mark, If the bits are readily removable there is much to be said in favour of a buffing wheel on a good big bench grinder. Much faster than brasso, ...
I have sworn off Brasso and now use only "Wenol". I bought a big tub of the stuff on E-Bay and it is fantastic. I have a brass funnel, four brass poles ...
Nothing removes tarnish faster than soda-blasting, yes, that's baking soda. It will not etch the surface unlike walnut shells, glass beads etc. etc. Once...
Nothing removes tarnish faster than soda-blasting, yes, that's baking soda. It will not etch the surface unlike walnut shells, glass beads etc. etc. Once...
Thanks Daniel and everyone else. I won't be removing anything for a long time yet plus Tui's bits are in pretty good condition anyway, so it's just a cosmetic...
I saw on another list they build a steam boat from an 18ft Chriscraft. The show was on 25th of October in the USA. Did anyone the show and could comment see...
Mark- I'm sure others on the list could be more specific, but in watching the show, it appeared that the plant consisted of: (1) an old fire tube boiler core...
Actually, the show was on October 24. Paul Boschan of Boschan Boiler Works (15 min. drive from Monster Garage studios in Long Beach, CA) donated the shell of a...
The "Surviving World Steam" project is documenting the last of the world's remaining steam locomotives, ships, boats, vehicles, and reciprocating pumps in the...
Sometime in and around 1995 I was bitten by the steam bug. I had started accumulating tools to set up a little home based machine shop. The purchase of a...
Hi Guy, That workshop doesn't sound so little! I'm not so sure that the "STUFF" is proportionate to what you bring in, I think that there is some process by...
Good Morning: You are the first to respond to my first ever message. The fact that you can not move around in your shop, that you have made patterns for a...
Hi Guy Well, I dunno about ideal...I haven't actually put a steam boat in the water yet! Our local Steam Engine Society here in Auckland does have a number of...
The 'NOMADIC APPEAL' raised £16,000 at the moment ! Please, keep help us ! Here is the result of the last Belfast Development Committee meeting (held last...
Joel, are you a member of the North American Steamboat Association ? you will receive a bi monthly magazine with pictures, stories, how to and items (including...
http://www.steamboating.net/page22.html Mentions shipping a Thayler 19 steamboat to New Zealand. Very nice boat. Anyone know to where in New Zealand it's gone....
Mark, I think I know, but as i'm not meant to know, i'll just give you a hint. Someone known to us due to a word beginning with D. Have fun working that out. ...
I'd like to fit an injector to Tui. More things to fiddle with yay! The Beckman Penberthy injectors look great but oww the price. There are units on Ebay for a...
